I'm in Portugal...

I flew to Lisbon this morning in one of those little bi-prop planes that only seat around 40 people. When we landed and I went to baggage reclaim, mine was the one and only suitcase on the belt. I guess all the other passengers on my plane were travelling onward to Brazil or Africa.

I'm staying tonight with KKI friends in Sintra, Portugal. They've been married for five years, and have a 7-month old daughter… but they actually met 20 years ago on a KKI outreach when she was eight and he was twelve!! Romance only blossomed after many summer outreaches together, though. I had fun today, visiting the old city of Sintra with all its rather impressive palaces. Tomorrow morning, I'll move to the youth hostel where our conference is being held this week, and we'll  start our two days of meetings with the ELT. 

On Tuesday evening, the KKI national leaders will arrive from all over the continent. Some of them are supposed to be flying via Paris, so we're trusting that the recent terrorist activity in Paris won't cause airports to be closed, and prevent people from being able to get to Lisbon. Thanks for your prayers.